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...contenders in the two top races: Democrat Abe Ribicoff, 52, and Republican Horace Seely-Brown Jr., 54. running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Prescott Bush; and Democratic Governor John Dempsey, 47, who is challenged by Republican John Alsop...
Getting himself remembered is the major problem for husky Horace. For after six terms in the House, he has pitted himself against one of the most formidable votegetters in Connecticut political history. Ribicoff. who resigned last June as Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare to run for the Senate, is an ex-Congressman (1949 to 1953). was elected Governor in 1954 and re-elected four years later by 246,000 votes, the biggest margin on record in a Connecticut gubernatorial contest. Says Ribicoff of Seely-Brown: "Who knows him? Go around and ask people. They know who I am. They...
They are also getting to like Seely-Brown. if only because they are getting to know him through his tireless potholder campaigning. As for actual issues, Ribicoff is running hard on the Administration's medicare bill. "I had to sit in the Senate gallery and watch medicare defeated." says Ribicoff. "One Senate vote would have made the difference. I want to be that vote." For his part. Seely-Brown favors medical care for the aged, but he fears that the Administration's proposal for financing it through social security could bankrupt the whole retirement system. He concentrates...
...confirmed Celebrezze's nomination at week's end without even asking him about it. But it hardly made any difference, for Cele-brezze's views were among the least of Kennedy's concerns when he chose the five-term mayor of Cleveland to replace Abraham Ribicoff...
...replaced Abraham Ribicoff at HEW turned out to be a surprise: Cleveland Mayor Anthony Celebrezze, 51, the first Italian-American ever appointed to the Cabinet. While the Washington press corps fruitlessly speculated about other possibilities, the White House was trying desperately to reach Celebrezze at his vacation retreat in Canada, did not get him until the day before the appointment was announced in Hyannisport. Said Celebrezze after his appointment: "Where is there a better place that a poor boy from the slums could...